First Colonial High School Summer School, 2016

United States and Virginia History - Summer School Session


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Week Seven Activities:

August 8th, 2016:

1. LBJ to Nixon Lecture Notes:

August 9th, 2016:

1. Civil Rights Movement Matching Worksheet:

PowerPoint Review:

2. Modern US History Notes:

Write out on your own paper the fifteen most important events between 1988 and the Present and be prepared to explain your answers!.

3. The Fog of War Video Viewing Guide:

The Fog of War PowerPoint Review:

August 10th, 2016:

1. Social Activists of the Late 20th Century:

PowerPoint Review:

Week Six Activities:

August 1st, 2016:

1. Collect the Great Depression Homework Assignment:

PowerPoint Review:

2. Notes on the Great Depression:

3. World War II Timeline of Events:

PowerPoint Review:

4. Leaders of World War II:

PowerPoint Review:

5. Battles and Major Events of World War II:

PowerPoint Review:

6. Notes on World War II:

7. Eyes on the Prize, Episode Four: No Easy Walk:

8. HOMEWORK: Notes on Modern US Presidents:

9. HOMEWORK: Quiz on Modern US Presidents:

August 2nd, 2016:

1. Notes on World War II:

2. Modern US Presidents, 1945 - the Present. PowerPoint:

Quiz:

3. Notes on Post World War II America and the Cold War:

4. The Cold War Vocabulary Quiz:

PowerPoint Review:

5. Eyes on the Prize, Episode Four: No Easy Walk:

6. Eyes on the Prize, Episode Five: Mississippi, Is This America?:

7. HOMEWORK: The Vietnam War Notes:

PowerPoint Review of the Vietnam War Era:

August 3rd, 2016:

1. World War II SOL Review Activity:

2. Test on World War II:

3. Notes on the Cold War:

PowerPoint Review of Cold War:

4. The Vietnam War Era:

5. Eyes on the Prize, Mississippi: Is This America? -

6. Eyes on the Prize, Bridge to Freedom:

7. HOMEWORK: The Civil Rights Movement:

PowerPoint Review on the Civil Rights Movement:


Week Five Activities:

July 25th, 2016:

1. The Reconstruction and the Progress of Civil Rights, 1861 - the Present:

2. Perspectives on the Reconstruction:

PowerPoint Review:

3. The Reconstruction Matcher:

PowerPoint Review:

4. Inventors, Industrialists, and the Rise of Capitalism:

PowerPoint Review:

5. Immigration:

PowerPoint Review:

6. The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross:

July 26th, 2016:

1. Notes on the Progressive Era:

PowerPoint Review:

2. Reformers of the Progressive Era:

PowerPoint Review:

3. Interpreting Political Cartoons:

4. Foreign Policy Matcher:

PowerPoint Review:

5. US Foreign Policy Guided Reading Activity:

PowerPoint Review:

6. World War I Guided Reading Activity:

PowerPoint Review:

7. US Foreign Policy Review Packets:

8. Eyes on the Prize, Episode One: Awakenings:

July 27th, 2016:

1. Take SOL 2012 US-VA History SOL Test from Virginia Department of Education website and evaluate results.

2. Review Guide on US Foreign Policy and World War I:

3. Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations:


4. Eyes on the Prize, Episode Two:

July 28th, 2016:

1. Test on The Reconstruction and Modern Civil Rights Movement:
2. Individuals of the Roaring 1920s Worksheet:

PowerPoint Review:

3. Important Events of the 1920s:

PowerPoint Review:

4. The Roaring 1920s Guided Reading Activity:

PowerPoint Review:

5. Hoover and the Crash Lecture Notes:

Quiz:

6. Notes on the Great Depression:

Worksheet:

7. The Great Depression Guided Reading Activity:

PowerPoint Review:

8. Notes on World War II:

PowerPoint Review:




Week Four Activities:

July 20th, 2016:

1. Important Presidents of the United States of America:

2. Warfare in United States History:

3. Midterm Examination will be administered during the second half of today's class.

4. HOMEWORK: Review Guide for Expedited SOL Examination. Use the PDF File Below to fill in the review guide:

Review Guide:

PDF File:


July 19th, 2016:

1. Woman's History Review Packets:

Woman's History Month Quiz:

2.Turning Points of the Civil War:

PowerPoint:

3. The Gettysburg Address:

PowerPoint Review:

4. The Civil War Ends:

PowerPoint:

NOTES on the Civil War:

5. The Civil War Matching Packet:

6. The Reconstruction Matching Activity:

PowerPoint Review:

7. Perspectives on the Reconstruction:

8. Complete Liberty! Are We To Be A Nation? -

9. The African-Americans:

July 18th, 2016:

1. 101 Events to Know for the US VA History SOL Test:

2. The Union Dissolves:

PowerPoint Review Activity:

3. FCHS Notes on the Civil War:

PowerPoint Review:

4. The Early Stages of the Civil War:

PowerPoint Review:

5. The Emancipation Proclamation:

PowerPoint Review:


Week Three Activities:

July 11th, 2016:


1. 101 Identifications to Know for the US-VA History SOL Test:

2. American Revolution Cumulative Review Guides:

3. The Test on the American Revolution will be administered in class today during the after-break section of the lesson.

4. Notes on the Articles of Confederation and Constitutional Convention:

5. Thurgood Marshall Speech Worksheet:

Thurgood Marshall PowerPoint Review:

July 12th, 2016:

1. 101 Events to Know for the US-VA History SOL Test:

PowerPoint Review:

2. Finish Notes on the Articles of Confederation and the Constitutional Convention:

3. Thurgood Marshall's Reflection on the US Constitution:

PowerPoint Review:

4. Washington and Congress Worksheet:

PowerPoint Review:

5. Thomas Jefferson, American Sphinx:

PowerPoint Review:

6. The War of 1812:

PowerPoint Review:

July 13th, 2016:

1. Jacksonian America:

PowerPoint Review:

2. Manifest Destiny Bellringer Activity:

Manifest Destiny Bellringer PowerPoint:

3. Expansionism Video Viewing Guide:

4. The Mexican American War:

PowerPoint Review:

5. Reformers and Abolitionists:

PowerPoint Review:

6. Liberty, Episode Five: The World Turned Upside Down:

July 14th, 2016:

1. 101 Events to study for the US-VA History Standards of Learning Test:

2. Discussion of the Mexican-American War:

Worksheet:

PowerPoint Review:

3. Manifest Destiny Timeline of Events:

Worksheet:

PowePoint:

4. Abolitionists and Reformers:

PowerPoint:

5A. Antebellum American Chronological Order Activity:

PowerPoint Review:

5B. Antebellum Period Matching and Chronology:

6. The Union Dissolves:

PowerPoint:

7. The Civil War Notes:

PowerPoint:

8. The Opposing Sides:

PowerPoint:


HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT:

Thomas Jefferson V. Alexander Hamilton and the Emergence of Political Parties:

Worksheet:

PowerPoint:

Week One Activities:


June 28th, 2016:

1. Introduction and Icebreaker Activity:

2. Top Ten Americans Overview:

PowerPoint Reflection:

3. Pre-Test on United States and Virginia History:


4. North America Before Columbus:

PowerPoint:

June 29th, 2016:

1. True or False Introduction to Native Americans:


PowerPoint:

2. Notes on European Colonists:

3. Notes on American Identity:

Scaffold Notes:

4. Founding the 13 Colonies:

PowerPoint Review:

5. Liberty! Episode One

Video Viewing Guide:

June 30th, 2016:

1. Quiz on First Contact and European Colonization of North America:

2. New England Colonies:



3. Southern Colonies:

PowerPoint Review:

4. Middle Colonies:

PowerPoint Review:


5. Liberty, Episode Two: Blows Must Decide:

6. HOMEWORK: Class Expectations Sheets to be signed by Parent or Guardian.

Class Expectations:

7. HOMEWORK: SOL Colonization and Settlement of North America:

PowerPoint:

Quiz:

8. HOMEWORK: SOL The American Revolution:

PowerPoint:

Quiz:

Week Two Activities:

July 5th, 2016:

1. 101 Identifications You Need to Know for the US-VA History SOL Examination on August 4th, 2016:

PowerPoint:

Review Packet:

2. Notes on the Middle Colonies:

Worksheet:

3. A Diverse Society:

Worksheet:

4. The Colonists Fight for Their Rights:

Worksheet:

5. Origins of the American Revolution NOTES:

6. Events of the Revolutionary War Period:

PowerPoint Review and Chronology:

July 7th, 2016:

1. 101 Identifications to Know for the US-VA SOL Test on August 4th:

2. The Colonies Fight for Their Rights:

Worksheet:

3. NOTES on the Origins of the American Revolution:

PowerPoint on the American Revolution:

4. American Revolution Events and Chronology:

PowerPoint Review:

5. Individuals of the American Revolution:

PowerPoint Review:


July 7th, 2016:

1. 101 Identifications to Know for the US-VA History SOL Test:

2. The Revolution Begins:

PowerPoint Review:

3. NOTES on the American Revolution:

4. The War for Independence Guided Reading:

The War for Independence PowerPoint Review:

5. The Declaration of Independence:

PowerPoint:

6. Declaration of Independence Twitter Exchange Activity:

7. Review Guide for the American Revolution:


8. Liberty! Episode Four: Oh, Fatal Ambition:

9. Liberty! Episode Five: The World Turned Upside Down: